Scott Heins

Scott Heins

Freelance Photojournalist

Creator: Scott Heins. All rights reserved.

Biography:

Scott Heins is a photographer and journalist living in New York City. He specializes in documenting the intersections of class, race, and criminal justice, and pursues stories that highlight inequality in every form. He has reported for news outlets across the United States and worked abroad with NGOs in Haiti and Somalia. His work has been published in The Intercept, The Village Voice, Getty Images, and WNYC.

Contributions:

Welcome to the Heinrich Böll Foundation North America!

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung is a political foundation affiliated with the German Green Party. We act as a catalyst for green visions and projects, a think tank for policy reform, and an international network. Hbs seeks to advance democracy and human rights, protect the environment and climate, and promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts. We place particular emphasis on gender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights for women and LGBTI communities. Our Washington, DC office is a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes policy reform and political dialogue in our program areas through publications, public seminars, conferences, workshops, study tours and visitor programs.

Newsletter

Latest Publication

Increasingly, donors and creditors are joining together to mobilize "billions" in public money in order to leverage "trillions" in private investment in development. This month at the G20 meeting in Indonesia, bold system-wide reforms in global financial governance are being approved; some are already being implemented. Nancy Alexander and Rick Rowden describe these system-wide reforms and conclude that, on the current course, the reforms could undermine the public interest in sustainable development and climate goals. It is crucial to ensure that proposed reforms respect democratic practices and promote sustainability.